NEW DELHI: A 24-year-old man was bludgeoned to death allegedly by one of his friends over a petty issue in outer Delhi's
Narela
on Tuesday night. Police said that the friend has been detained and enquiry is on. Police received a PCR call from a local who found the body, soon after which they rushed it to the hospital where the man,
Aakash Bhardwaj, was declared brought dead.
Bhardwaj lived with his wife, who was pregnant and they had a
one-year-old daughter
as well. His family told the cops that Bhardwaj left home around 8pm with a friend, promising that he will be back in two hours, but when he did not return till 11pm they got worried and started looking for him.The family suspect that this was a
planned murder
as Bhardwaj seemed worried but didn't share his concerns.
Police are scanning the
CCTV
footage to ascertain the sequence of events.